You can access some services directly:
Contraception and sexual health:
Our local clinic, Mortimer Market Centre, offers free and confidential sexual health services. Please visit their website
Residents of Westminster aged 16+ can also access this online service
All you need to do is register on the website
For further advice and information on the most suitable contraception you can speak to a health advisor: 020 3315 9779
Members of the LGBTQI+ community can access a dedicated sexual health clinic https://www.dean.st/
Feeling anxious, worried, down or depressed?
- You can contact the CNWL Talking therapies service, which is free and confidential and provides a range of talking therapies
- The Samaritans are here 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. They can be contacted on 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org. You can see their website https://www.samaritans.org/
- Mental health and wellbeing service for young people and their families to access https://bestforyou.org.uk/ .
- For online access in mental health crisis: find an urgent mental health helpline
Smoking cessation
Tobacco smoke contains over 5,000 chemicals including nicotine. Nicotine is highly addictive. Smokers smoke for the nicotine but are harmed by the tar and other chemicals. Find more here
Musculoskeletal problems
Cora Health
Musculoskeletal (MSK) refers to the muscles, ligaments, joints and nerves in the human body.
Our MSK service focuses on working with patients to help restore movement and function which may have been caused by an injury or illness. You can self-refer to the service if you are over 18 years of age.
Eye problems
You can use Urgent Eye Service
Symptoms that can be seen under the service include:
- Red or painful eye or eyelids
- Recently occurring flashes or floaters
- Recent and sudden loss of vision
- Foreign body in the eye
If you have very minor symptoms you may be advised to self care or seek support from your local pharmacy first
Please note, this is not a sight test.
See leaflet about this service
Dressings and wound care
Location: Soho Dressing Clinic, Soho Centre for Health and Care, Ground Floor, 1 Frith St, London, W1D 3HZ
They will see patients over the age of 12 years old, with post operative and post injury wound care such as:
- Post operative wounds that do not require specialist input or require medical devices such as vacuum pumps/drains
- Removal of sutures / clips
- Minor burns (initial burn management and 1st review seen in A&E or Urgent Care Centre
- Post operative incision and drainage wounds (please bring a comprehensive discharge letter that includes wound management guidance on your first visit)
- Follow up wound management of soft tissue injuries such as abrasions, lacerations and flap wounds.
Please note, they are unable to see the following:
- Leg ulcers
- Acute burns
- Patients with any signs of fever or who feel unwell
- Patients with excessive bleeding
- Pregnant patients
- Patients unable to self-manage analgesia
- Patients requiring assistance with or removal of Plaster of Paris casts
- Tetanus booster required.
Patients may self-refer and book an appointment by calling the clinic on 020 7534 6543. For more information: Walk-in centres :: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Breast-feeding support
If you live in Camden:
- You can call 07808 891260 or visit a drop-in session
- Camden Baby Feeding Team :: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
If you live in Westminster:
- You can contact your health visiting team 0208 200 2500, selecting option 2
- Please follow new baby and parent resources :: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust for more information
Other resources:
- National Breastfeeding Helpline: 0300 100 0212
- Support is also available in Welsh and Polish
- National helplines are open seven days a week 9.30am to 9.30pm
- breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk
- Supporter line Bengali/Sylheti 0300 456 2421
- Start for Life home – NHS
- globalhealthmedia.org
- firststepsnutrition.org
Talking Therapy
Westminster Talking Therapies Service is part of the national ‘NHS Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression’ service, provided by Central and North West London (CNWL) NHS Foundation Trust. They offer a range of talking therapies for people who struggle with depression, anxiety, stress, panic disorders, sleep disorders, to name a few, in the Westminster borough. (The service is previously known as IAPT, which stands for ‘Improving Access to Psychological Therapies’.)